As New Year traditions go, it's as classic as signing up to the local gym and resigning yourself to a vacant month with empty pockets. So rejoice then for the return of fierce panda's annual PANDAMONIUM hoedown, the budget-priced pocket-sized furry-eared urban event which dares to put on gigs where sane promoters fear to tread, i.e. between January 7th and 10th 2014, in a brazen attempt to kick-start the gigging calendar. Retox, not detox - that's the motto.

Pandamonium '14 not only takes place in 2014 but also cannily showcases exactly 14 acts who have been lighting up the musical lives of fierce panda, Club Fandango, Disorder Promotions and friends over the past few months. Musical hipsters may care to be alarmed by the news that no fewer than ten of these acts have released or are about to release unutterably excellent records on Label Fandango and / or fierce panda. Stat's life, in so many ways...

Club Fandango & fierce panda present
PANDAMONIUM ’14: DAY ONE
TUESDAY JANUARY 7TH HIGHBURY BUFFALO BAREL BORN + special guests THE TRAPS + LONGFELLOW + FELDSPAR
An evening of big-hearted alt.pop headed up by Coldplay-endorsed El Born, with gusts of Scott Walker-sings-New Order gusto from special guests The Traps, heroic emoting from Longfellow and lovely soft rockings from Feldspar.
£4.00 tickets from www.wegottickets.com/event/250657

Club Fandango and fierce panda present RISING (supported by Music Week)
PANDAMONIUM ’14: DAY THREE
THURSDAY JANUARY 9TH CHARING CROSS ROAD BORDERLINE TOM HICKOX + THE HOSTS + I AM IN LOVE
An evening of vivacious melodic dramas with the sombre orchestral elegance of Tom Hickox ably supported by the retromantic darkpop poundings of The Hosts and the hectic electric pizazz of I Am In Love.
£6.00 tickets from www.wegottickets.com/event/251091

Disorder & fierce panda present
PANDAMONIUM ’14: DAY FOUR
FRIDAY JANUARY 10TH SHOREDITCH OLD BLUE LASTDEPARTMENT M + THE DEATH OF POP + DESPERATE JOURNALIST + HABITATS
An evening of eclectic mayhem, from the electronic rumpus of Department M and the shrill post-punk thrills of Desperate Journalist right on through to the lushly harmonious Death of Pop and the charming tropical ticklings of Habitats.
Free entry